Method of making pictures.



PATENTBD APR. 9, 1907,

` BQ B. sTRoPB. v METHOD of MAKING PICTURES.

'PPLIOATION FILED MAY 31| 1905.. I

akku/lug BEN B. STROPE, OF COSI-IOOTON, OHIO.

METHoD oF |v|AK|NG PICTURES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed May 31, 1905. Serial No. 263.001. (Specimens.)

To a/ZZ who-m, t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, BEN B. STROPE, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Coshocton, in the county of Coshocton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Method of Making Pictures, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a novel, simple, and practicable method of lithographing in colors upon wood, and particularly for simulating pyrogravures, whereby the same can be produced in large quantities and at small cost.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of a placque as produced by the novel process. Fig. 2 is a sectional view, on a greatly enlarged scale, of a portion of the same.

In carrying out the new method a sheet of veneer l, preferably comprising a plurality of sections laid substantially edge to edge and exceedingly thin, is applied to one face of a fiexible backing 2, of paper or the like, which acts as a supporting-body for the veneer and is still sufficiently fiexible for lithographing.

To the exposed face of the veneer is then preferably applied a filling coat and afterward a picture in colors is lithographed thereupon. In this step it is important to first apply at least two coats of the whites in the places called for by the design and also in the proper position to be covered by certain portions of the other colors. After" the white coats have dried the said other colors are then applied in order until the picture so far as the actual coloring is concerned is complete. After having dried, the picture is outlined in comparatively broad lines of sepia or other light shade of brown, and finally the said picture is outlined in black lines, the said black lines being bordered by the brown to simulate charred or burnt 'wood with the accompanying scorched effect. After the above process of lithographing has been accomplished the picture is glued or otherwise secured to a suitable paper-mount 3 and properly trimmed.

Before concluding, attention is directed to the fact that while in the art of lithography the colors have been applied in various orders it is usual to apply the colors at those points called for by the design. In practicing my method, however, the white is applied iirst and extends not only over those portions of the surface which are called for by the design, but is also extended over certain other portions of the surface which are intended for the application of other colorsas, for instance, green, pink, &c. Therefore when these colors are applied over the white they are illuminated thereby instead of hav ing the dead appearance which would result from the printing of the bright colors directlyupon the wood veneer. Furthermore, it will be observed that by first outlining the colored design by a wide border of brown and by thereafter applying a narrowV outline of black at the inner edge of the border the black is deepened in shade by reason of the previous application of the brown border to the wood, so that the black outline constitutes an excellent imitation of the burnt line produced by a pyrographic needle, while the brown border extending outwardly from this deep black line is an excellent imitation of the charred or scorched border which appears in a pyrogravure beyond the outer edge of the needle-track.

By the above-described processes it is possible to provide at small cost and in great quantities panels and pictures having all the appearances of pyrogravures.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

That improvement in the art of lithographing in imitation of a pyrogravureincluding a colored design, which consists in applying the white to certain portions only of the surface, to wit, those portions called for by the design and those portions to which certain bright colors or tints, as for instance pink and green, are to be applied, allowing the white to dry, applying over the white the other colors called for by the design, applying a broad outline in brown around the design, and finally applying a narrow outline in black around the design and over the inner edge of the brown outline or border.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto 'affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BEN B. STROPE.

Witnesses:

JOHN II. SreGERs, Y MARY A. Cnoox. j@ Y i IOO 

